Umbrella-holder



(No MdeI-) E COVERT UMBRELLA HOLDER. No. 362,364. Patented May 3, 1887.

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UMBRELLA-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,364, dated May 3, 1887.

Application filed December 20, 1886. Serial No. 292,093. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ENOOH COVERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Farmer Village, in the county of Seneca and State of New York, haveinvented certain new'and useful Improvements in Umbrella-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to 'the accompanying drawings.

This invention has for its objects to provide an umbrella-holderwhich shall be light and compact in construction,and which can be secured to or suspended from any suitable support-such as a wall or various articles of furniturein such manner as to keep the umbrella from contact with and consequent injury to the same, and also to furnish a dripcup to collect and retain the water running from awet umbrella, so as to prevent the same from soiling surrounding objects, as more fully hereinafter specified. These objects I attain by means of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a front elevation of my improved umbrella-holder; Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 a bottom view of the same.

The letter A indicates two side bars of a frame constituting my improved holder. These bars are of about the average length of an umbrella, and diverge slightly from their lower to their upper ends. The lower ends of the bars are bent towardeach other at right angles and are curved as shown, so as .to form a curved seat, preferably oval, as shown, for the reception of a drip-cup, B. The extremities of the bent lower ends of the bars are formed with eyes 0, which embrace the respective bars and secure the lower part of the frame. The upper portions of the bars are bent toward each other and twisted at the point D, so as to form a shank having a loop, E, by means of which the frame may be suspended.

cured a loose bail, G, which confines the upper part of the umbrella in the frame.

The letter H indicates two curved crossbraces, secured to the bars Aat suitable points, which serve the double purpose of strengthening the frame and keeping the wet umbrella The bars at their bends or shoulders are formed with eyes F, to which is seout of contact with its support. The lower cross-brace is formed with an eye ,hfby means of which it may be fastened to,the' lower part of the support, if desired. The drip-cup Bis of suitable depth to retain all the water that may drip from the umbrella, and is provided with afiange, K, which rests upon the seat at the lower end of the frame. v

The upper end of the frame above the shoulders is bent backward, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to lie in the same vertical plane as the backs of the curved braces H, so as to hold the frame away from the wall or support in connection with said braces.

My invention is designed for all purposes where a suspended frame may be employed; but it is specially intended for churches, theaters, and other places, where it can be attached to the backs of the pews, chairs, or settees. The cross braces are semicircular as well as the bail, and the drip-cup is conical, the whole forming a frame approximately the shape of an umbrella when closed, so as to hold the same compactly.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In an umbrella-holder, the combination of the vertical bars of the frame formed into a drip-cup seat at their lower ends and a suspension-loop at their upper ends, the curved crossbraces connecting the vertical bars of the frame together, the drip-cup, and means for holding the umbrella in an upright position, substantially as described.

2. In an umbrella-holder, the combination of the vertical bars of the frame suitably connected together, and having their lower ends bent inwardly and curved to form a drip-cup seat, the extensions of the said bent portions being formed into eyes which embrace the bars of the frame and secure them in position, and a drip-cup, substantially as described.

3. In an umbrella-holder, the combination of the vertical bars of the frame, the said frame 4. In an umbrella-holder, the combination of the vertical bars of the frame formed into a drip-cup seat at their lower ends and a suspension-loop and eyed shoulders at their upper ends, the curved cross-braces securing the bars of the frame together, the curved bail loosely secured to the said eyed shoulders, and the drip-cup, substantially as described.

5. In an umbrella-holder, the combination of the vertical bars of the frame, the said frame having a drip-cup seat at its lower end and means for securing it to a support at its upper end, the curved cross-braces connecting the bars of the frame, one of the said cross-braces being formed into an eye forsecuring the frame to asupport, the bail for securing the umbrella in the frame, and a drip-cup, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ENOCH COVERT. Witnesses:

E. 0. GRANT, O. G. \VHEELER. 

